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Egg predation and vertebrates associated with wild crocodilian nests in Mexico determined using camera-traps

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González-Desales, Giovany A., Tello-Sahagún, Luis A., Cadena-Ramírez, Cynthia P., López-Luna, Marco A., Buenrostro-Silva, Alejandra, García-Grajales, Jesús, González-Ramón, Mariana C., Morales-Mavil, Jorge E., Charruau, Pierre, Sigler, Luis, Rubio-Delgado, Armando, Zarco-González, Martha M., Monroy-Vilchis, Octavio (2021): Egg predation and vertebrates associated with wild crocodilian nests in Mexico determined using camera-traps. Journal of Natural History 54 (29-30): 1813-1826, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2020.1829723, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2020.1829723

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